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HBO Movie Preview: Before Elton John and Lady Gaga, there was Liberace
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Obama’s incredible shrinking presidency
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The collapsing Obama presidency
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At 90, the Rand McNally atlas is as iconic as the American road
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Jodi Arias penalty phase jury is hung: 8 - 4 in favor of death (video)
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The Tesla story spreading around the world
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Boy Scouts vote to allow gay members
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Leonard Marsh, legendary Snapple co-founder, dead at 80
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Obama's Morehouse speech sparks backlash on race
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IRS abuse confirms Americans fears
Talking Sense Archive: March 2012
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Selling Manhattan: Bad investments, swindles, or only taxes?
Did Peter Minuit swindle the Lenape Tribe? Or has civilization just ignored the devastating effect of taxes? Published March 24 2012
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Compromise is good, right?
If the truth is always somewhere in the middle, then there is no need to actually investigate. Or think. How convenient! Published March 21 2012
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A great nation, like a great artist, produces its own great art
Taxpayer money is wasted by the National Endowment for the Arts' mission. It has to be. Published March 14 2012
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"Internet Sales Tax" is Bad Economics, Likely Illegal
States try to grab money from sales - and non-sales - in other states. It's bad economics and probably illegal. Published March 14 2012
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